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Dissection

Dissection (from Latin dissecare "to cut to pieces"; also called anatomization) is the dismembering of the body of a deceased animal or plant to study its anatomical structure. Autopsy is used in pathology and forensic medicine to determine the cause of death in humans. Less extensive dissection of plants and smaller animals preserved in a formaldehyde…

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related to Islamic world · 25
Dissection → Abd, Al-Andalus, Al-Ghazali, Al-Tasrif, Al-Zahrawi, Avenzoar, Avicenna's The Canon, Egypt, Europe, From, Ibn, Ibn Jumay, Ibn Zuhr, Islam, Islamic, It, Latif, Medicine, Muslim, Nafis
related to Classical antiquity · 19
Dissection → Alexandria, Barbary, BC, Before, Celsus, Chalcedon, Chios, During, Erasistratus, For, Galen, Greek, Herophilus, Human, On Medicine, Proem, Ptolemaic, Roman, While
related to Britain · 18
Dissection → Anatomy Act, As, Barber-Surgeons, Burke, By, Company, Dentistry, Hare, In Britain, Medicine, Middle Ages, Murder Act, Physicians, Roman, Royal College, The, The Peninsula College, UK
related to United States · 16
Dissection → About, American, Apple Computer, By, California, Graham, In, Jenifer Graham, Most, Operation Frog, Opting, Other, Rana, Student's Rights Bill, The, United States
related to Acquisition of cadavers · 15
Dissection → After, As, Cadavers, Countries, HIV, In, Involuntary, It, Libya, South Africa, Such, The, UK, US, Zimbabwe
related to Human dissection · 13
Dissection → An, For, Ghon, HIV, If, Letulle, Most, Prevention, Specimens, The Rokitansky, This, Virchow, When
related to Alternatives · 12
Dissection → At Stanford Medical School, Concern, Imax, In, MRI, New York University, One, Some, Studies, These, This, X-ray
related to Christian Europe · 12
Dissection → Christian, Christian Europe, Council, Ecclesia, Jesuit, Medieval Western Europe, Middle Ages, Pope Boniface VIII, The, The Middle Ages, Throughout, Tours
related to External links · 12
Dissection → AlternativesHuman DissectionsVirtual Frog DissectionAlternatives, Berlin, BuffaloThe Free Dictionary, Collections Dissection, Dead Bodies, Death, GermanyEvolutionary Biology Digital Dissection, How, July, School Science ClassesResearch Project, To Animal Dissection, University
related to Further reading · 11
Dissection → Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Celsus, Claire Bubb, Classical Antiquity, Loeb Classics Library, Medical History, On Medicine, Proem, Social, Spencer

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anatomy cadavers human autopsy medical students use century body animal used may school medicine education anatomical animals alternatives schools biology

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DissectionMeSHD0042101.00infobox
anatomyinstance ofboth fresh and preserved are carried out by medical students in medical schools as a part of the teaching in subjects0.80text
pathologyinstance ofboth fresh and preserved are carried out by medical students in medical schools as a part of the teaching in subjects0.80text
forensic medicineinstance ofboth fresh and preserved are carried out by medical students in medical schools as a part of the teaching in subjects0.80text
formalininstance ofspecimen may be preserved in solutions0.80text
pre-dissected by an experienced anatomistinstance ofspecimen may be preserved in solutions0.80text
sometimes with the help of a dienerinstance ofspecimen may be preserved in solutions0.80text
the superior vena cavainstance ofconnects0.80text
inferior vena cava are separatedinstance ofconnects0.80text
Al-Ghazaliinstance ofsupported by Islamic scholars0.80text
Ibn Zuhrinstance ofIslamic physicians0.80text
cremation.Prior to the 10th centuryinstance ofand that there be no other means of disposal0.80text

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